Prescriptive Statements: Philosophical, Theoretical, and Methodological Considerations

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-195

  Kulikowich, Jonna M ^a   Sperling, Rayne A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause and effect; Methodology; Prescriptive statements

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958048243     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-011-9162-y     Document Type: Review

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